2011 ABOS MOC/RECERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS
SCHEDULE
ALL PATHWAYS
Written, Practice-Based Oral, Computer-Administered, Combined Hand, Combined
Sports Medicine, and Practice-profiled Adult Reconstruction, Sports
Medicine, and Spine
February 1, 2012
Applications Available online at www.abos.org
May 1, 2012
Deadline for application online and postmarked documents to be mailed.
May 2 - May 15, 2012
Application late deadline with additional $350.00 late fee online and
postmarked documents to be mailed.
October 2012
Credentials Committee meets to decide admission of applicants to the
examinations. Letters of notification mailed to candidates.
December 15, 2012
Examination fee due for all chosen pathways
December, 15, 2012
Case list due for oral examination.
February, 2012
Scheduling permits emailed to Computer Administered Recertification
Examination candidates (except Combined Hand and Combined Sports Medicine
Examinations will be mailed at a later date).
March/April 2012
Computer Pathways -- Computer Administered Recertification Examinations,
Prometric Technology Centers (excluding Combined Hand and Combined Sports
Medicine Examinations).
May 15, 2012
Oral Pathway list of selected 12 cases available online at www.abos.org
June, 2012
Scheduling permits emailed to Combined Hand Computer Examination candidates.
June, 2012
Admission cards are mailed to Oral Pathway candidates.
June 30, 2012
Computer Administered Recertification Examination results online at
www.abos.org (except Combined Hand and Combined Sports Medicine
Examinations).
July 18, 2012
Oral Pathway -- Practice-Based Oral Recertification Examination
Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
August, 2011
Combined Sports Medicine Pathway scheduling permits emailed to candidates.
August, 2011
Oral Pathway examination results online at www.abos.org
September 12 - 24, 2011
Combined Hand Computer Examination to be held at Prometric Technology
Centers
October, 2011
Combined Hand examination results online at www.abos.org
November 3 - 16, 2011
Combined Sports Medicine Examination to be held at Prometric Technology
Centers
January, 2012
Combined Sports Medicine examination results online at www.abos.org